North Korea rejects Seoul’s ‘absurd’ offer of economic aid for denuclearisation

Sister of Kim Jong-un insults South Korean president and says it is his great dream' to get the North to trade away its nuclear weapons

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has angrily rejected North Korea's offer of economic assistance in return for denuclearisation as the height of absurdity" and dismissed the possibility of face-to-face talks.

The statement comes days after the South Korean president, Yoon Suk-yeol, put forward an audacious" aid plan that would include food, energy and infrastructure help in return for the North abandoning its nuclear weapons programme.